Examination for the prizes given for excellence in materia medica by the Society of Apothecaries in 1851 [electronic resource]

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EXAMINATION FOR THE PRIZES

GIVEN FOR

EXCELLENCE IN MATERIA MEDICA

BY THE

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES. IN 1851.

1. State the preparation, the equivalents!,* the uses, and the

doses of the Ferri Potassio-tartras.

2. State the ingredients, the proportions, and the uses of

the following Decoctions : —

The Decoctum Alo^s Comp.

The Decoctum Sarzse Comp. /

The Decoctum Scoparii Comp.

3. Enumerate the preparations, and state the operation, #

uses, and doses of the Colchicum Autumnale.

4. State the operation, uses, and doses of Digitalis, and the

symptoms of p'oisoning Ipy thii medicine.

5. What is the mode of preparing the Chlorate of Potash,

and what are the physiological action and uses of
this salt ?

6. State the properties, uses, and doses of the Chloride of

Calcium and the Hypochlorite of Lime.

7. What is the composition of Camphor; enumerate the

preparations of it, and their uses and mode of opera-
tion.

8. What are the composition, uses, and doses of the Chloride

and of the Sulphate of Zinc ?

9. Give a Classification of Medicines.

10. Enumerate the Substances used as Expectorants, and

state iheir modes of action.

11. Enumerate the substances given as Diuretics, and men-

tion their modes of operation.

12. What are the articles usually employed as Diaphoretics,

and the modes of exhibiting them ?

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